Dermatological Findings in Turkish Paediatric Haematology-Oncology Patients

Uksal U., Ozturk P., ÇÖLGEÇEN E., Taslidere N., Patiroglu T., Ozdemir M. A., ...More

EURASIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, vol.48, no.2, pp.107-111, 2016 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 48 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.5152/eurasianjmed.2015.86
  • Journal Name: EURASIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.107-111
  • Yozgat Bozok University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Diagnoses of skin, mucosae, hair and nail manifestations in malignant diseases are often challenging because of life-threatening drug reactions, opportunistic infections or skin involvement of primary processes. Description of morphology, configuration and distribution of lesions is important in order to differentiate the self-healing eruptions from serious side effects of chemotherapy. There are case reports from Turkey including dermatological manifestations of malignancies and case series in adult patients but there are no published large group studies assessing all manifestations in children. The aim of this study was to evaluate the morphological features of dermatological findings in children with haemato-oncological diseases.